Art
The Larger-Than-Life Art of Tamara de Lempicka
Marrying synthetic Cubism with 16th-century Italian Mannerism and the sensuality of Jean-Dominique Ingres, the artist's work and life seem made for the silver screen.
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Whitfield Lovell Quarries Black Histories
Across installations, paintings, and drawings, the artist searches for community and ancestries.
News
US Archivist Accused of Sanitizing American History Exhibits
National Archives Museum leader Colleen Shogan allegedly removed mentions of negative events that might anger Republicans or upset visitors, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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“Chinatown is Not a Museum,” Protesters Chant at MOCA Gala
Activists accused the Museum of Chinese in America of complicity in the construction of a new Chinatown jail and the closure of a beloved banquet hall.
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UN Removes Pro-Palestine Art From Public Quilt Exhibition
The installation, based on messages of peace from around the world, included a panel that read “from the river to the sea.”
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When Copyright Transforms the Right to Remember
Images of “We Are Our Mountains,” an Armenian monument in occupied Artsakh, have disappeared from Wikimedia Commons in the months since Azerbaijan’s invasion.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I feel safe here.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: Civil Rights photography, Chicago’s 1970s abortion network, the Nancy Drew convention, election memes so we can laugh to keep from crying, cinema-dog-raphy, and more.
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Could One of These Images Be the Next Iconic Windows Wallpaper?
Seven photographers submitted landscape shots in the spirit of the original "Bliss" background.
Art
Visions of a Future Past
Architect Paul Rudolph’s unbuilt projects live on as unborn dreams, specters of progress that, even when confined to vellum, widen our vision.
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Photographers Sell Prints to Aid Humanitarian Efforts in Lebanon
Through November 25, photos by 100 Lebanese and French artists are on sale to help displaced people in the region amid Israel’s attacks.
Comics
NYC Housing Stories: Alicia Boyd and Alex Strada
Meet the artists, activists, and organizers on the front lines of the housing justice movement in New York City. Part one of a series.